The man was imprisoned for 13 years thanks to a photo on social networks: the police counted her fingerprints

Carl Stewart's story makes you think about posting photos on social media. Merseyside Police

identified by a strange photograph in which the authorphoto holding a piece of blue cheese in his hand, his fingerprints. The rest was a matter of technique. Now Carl Stewart will have to spend 13.5 years in prison, as he was found guilty of supplying drugs.

Stewart is not the first criminal to be convictedby fingerprints identified from a photograph, but this is another reminder that our fingerprints are far from the top secret identifiers, as we often think.

He shared this photo on EncroChat, allegedlyan encrypted social network that was hacked by the authorities in March last year. Since then, the Merseyside police say authorities have identified some 10,000 users in the UK who are "involved in coordinating and planning the supply and distribution of drugs and weapons, money laundering and other criminal activities." Police said a total of 60,000 social media users have been identified worldwide.

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